Histories of Exhibition Design in the Museum: Makers, Process, and Practice (Museum Making)

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Synopsis
Histories of Exhibition Design in the Museum: Makers, Process, and Practice offers a new model for understanding exhibition design in museums as a human and material process. It presents diverse case studies from around the world, from the nineteenth century to the recent past. It moves beyond the power of the finished exhibition over both objects and visitors to highlight historic exhibition making as an ongoing task of adaptation, experimentation, and interaction that involves intellectual, creative, and technical choices. Attentive to hierarchies of ethnicity, race, class, gender, sexuality, and ableism that have informed exhibition design and its histories, the volume highlights the labour involved in making museum exhibitions. It presents design as filled with personal and professional demands on the body, senses, and emotions. Contributions from historians, anthropologists, and exhibition makers focus on histories of identity, collaboration, and hierarchy ‘behind the scenes’ of the museum. They argue for an emphasis on the everyday objects of museum design and the importance of a diverse range of actors within and beyond the museum, from carpenters and label writers to volunteers and local communities. Histories of Exhibition Design in the Museum offers scholars, students, and professionals working across the museum and design sectors insight into how past methods still influence museums today. Through a postcolonial and decolonial lens, it reveals the lineage of current processes and supports a more informed contemporary practice.
Copyright:
2024

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
276 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000996746
Related ISBNs:
9781003245377, 9781032156934, 9781032156941
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Kate Guy, Hajra Williams, and Claire Wintle
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Kate Guy
Edited by:
Hajra Williams
Edited by:
Claire Wintle

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